Full Time option suitable for:

Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. Yes

Part Time option suitable for:

Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. No

On successful completion of the programme graduates will:

1. Have an understanding of the central ideas and key texts in contemporary European Philosophy including twentieth century phenomenology and/or critical theory;
2. Have developed their own arguments and ideas with respect to these questions and approaches;
3. Have the capacity to read and interpret difficult philosophical texts;
4. Have the capacity to communicate clear lines of argument precisely and succinctly.

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Core Modules:

PHIL40030 Dissertation

Choose 4 from the list of Core Modules below:

PHIL40840 Autonomy as a Philosophical Problem

PHIL40420 The Good Society

PHIL41280 Feminism and Gender Theory

PHIL40250 Merleau-Ponty's Phenomonology

PHIL41320 Topics in Continental Philosophy

PHIL41470 Levinas: the Ethics of the Other

Option Modules:

Choose 2 from the list of Option Modules below:

PHIL41510 Ethics: Theory and Practice

PHIL41000 Aristotle's Ethics and Politics

PHIL40430 Philosophy of the Emotions

PHIL40960 The Cultural Mind

PHIL41500 Buddhist Ethics

PHIL41240 Newman: A Philosophical Perspective

PHIL41410 Personal Identity in Early Modern Philosphy

PHIL40970 Consciousness, Agency and the Self

PHIL40410 Philosophy and Literature

MA Contemporary European Philosophy (W456) Full Time
EU          fee per year - € 7990
nonEU    fee per year - € 21520

MA Contemporary European Philosophy (W457) Part Time
EU          fee per year - € 5200
nonEU    fee per year - € 10760

***Fees are subject to change

Applicants must have at least a 2.1 (GPA of 3.08 or above) or international equivalent in an undergraduate degree (NFQ Level 8) that involves a significant amount of philosophy. 

The following entry routes are available:

* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised